Quote by Karen Armstrong

“A great many grown-up and intelligent people believe, or pretend to believe, that by behaving in a friendly and accommodating way to our attackers,…

— James Bowman

“in your conceit and aggression, you wage wars and slay one another over the lines you have imagined on the world’s face.”

— Robin Hobb

“Ultimately we cannot eliminate enemies through violence—violence only multiplies enemies. The only way to eliminate enemies is to love them, forgive them,”

— Brian Zahnd

“We must renounce the gambit of "good" and "bad" - even in its inverted form. We must acknowledge that misapprehensions abound, that violence is…

— René Girard

“What do you think marks an honorable warrior? His moral aim is to put an end to aggression if others commence it.”

— S.W. Southwick

“You attack to protect, not to avenge. You strike to end suffering, not cause it.”

— Tiana Dalichov

“Do not let your anger lead to hatred, as you will hurt yourself more than you would the other.”

— Stephen Richards

“I'd be glad of a retaliation that wouldn't recoil on myself; but treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends: they wound those…

— Emily Bronte

“The promise of destroying an enemy so utterly is hard to resist.”

— Ginn Hale

“When evil forces seize power, you can expect tyranny, brutality , and disaster.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“In the end, rage, no matter how profoundly justified, destroys the enraged. Just as we created anew by what we love, so we are…

— Salman Rushdie

“It's easier to fall back into the same old patterns of hate and retribution, because at least then we're doing something.”

— Dan Wells